32 Journalists, Media Members Have Died In Russia-Ukraine War

At least 32 members of the media have died in the first 103 days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to reports.

Among the fatalities were eight civilian journalists who were killed while carrying out their duties, Pravda reported, citing information from the Georgy Gongadze Prize and the Institute of Mass Media (IMI), a Ukrainian non-profit organization.

Another 24 media workers were killed as a result of shelling, torture or while serving in Ukraine's Armed Forces.

Yevhenii Sakun, a 49-year-old correspondent and camera operator for the Ukrainian channel Live TV, became the first press fatality of the war when a Russian artillery attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in early March resulted in his death.

Two weeks later, on March 13, Russian forces allegedly shot American journalist and documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud in the head while he was covering the war in the city of Irpin, Ukraine. The 50-year-old is believed to be the first foreign journalist killed in the conflict.

Russian fire in the village of Horenka the next day resulted in the deaths of 55-year-old Irish photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski and 24-year-old Ukrainian producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova.

In a similar incident, Russian shelling in Kyiv's Podilskyi District killed Russian journalist Oksana Baulina. The 42-year-old was filming the site of a Russian rocket strike on a shopping center at the time of her death.

Russian shelling also caused the death of 32-year-old French journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff in the Ukrainian province of Luhansk on May 30.

The two other media workers who died while covering the conflict were Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravičius and Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levin.

Kvedaravičius, 47, was killed in Russian captivity in the now-occupied city of Mariupol back in April or May, the IMI said.

Meanwhile, Levin was found dead in a Ukrainian village on April 1. The 40-year-old was allegedly fatally shot twice by Russian soldiers while he was wearing a press jacket.

Oleksiy Chernyshov, another Ukrainian journalist who went missing with Levin, has still not been found.

The IMI identified Oleksandr Lytkin, Dealerbek Shakirov, Viktor Diedov, Lilia Humyanova, Yevhen Bal, Roman Nezhyborets, Zoreslav Zamoysky, Vira Hyrych, Natalia Kharakoz, Oksana Gaidar and Ihor Hudenko as the media workers who died due as a result of Russian shelling or torture.

Serhiy Pushchenko, Viktor Dudar, Pavlo Li, Oleh Yakunin, Yuriy Oliynyk, Serhiy Zaikovsky, Denis Kotenko, Oleksandr Makhov, Yevhen Starynets, Maksym Medynskyi, Kostyantyn Kits, Vitaliy Derekh and Roman Zhuk all died while fighting Russian forces, according to the organization.